June 2013

June 1 - Cedar Rapids Gazette - A new blood bag tracking device cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to enhance blood safety was developed in part due to existing technology at UI Hospitals and Clinics.

June 13 - Newswise - A team of researchers led by the University of Iowa is recommending clinical guidelines that will cut the post-surgical infection rate for staph bacteria (including MRSA) by 71 percent and 59 percent for a broader class of infectious agents known as gram-positive bacteria.

June 16 - Des Moines Register - Jerry Jackson has shown his family how to live without sight while helping UI researchers, the only institution studying the rare eye disease experienced by Jackson and 60 other members of his extended family.

June 25 - CBS This Morning - For generations, a family in Burlington, Iowa has faced a rare genetic disease that affects many relatives' eyesight. But now, the isolation of the specific gene could mark the beginning of a possible breakthrough for all types of blindness.